Media Literacy and Propaganda Flashcards

Grade 10 · Social Studies · Flashcards

12 key terms for understanding how to critically evaluate media and recognize propaganda.

Flashcards

Media Literacy: Ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media critically; essential for informed citizenship.
Propaganda: Systematic, biased messaging designed to influence attitudes or behavior in support of a particular agenda.
Misinformation: False or inaccurate information spread without deliberate intent to deceive.
Disinformation: Deliberately false information spread to manipulate public opinion; often state-sponsored.
Confirmation Bias: Cognitive tendency to favor information confirming pre-existing beliefs while dismissing contradictory evidence.
Bandwagon: Propaganda technique using social pressure: 'Everyone is doing/supporting this, so you should too.'
Card Stacking: Propaganda technique presenting only one side's evidence while hiding contradictory facts.
Testimonial: Using a celebrity or authority to endorse an idea or product, borrowing their credibility.
Framing: The way media presents a story, emphasizing certain aspects to shape audience interpretation.
Primary Source: Original, firsthand document or account from the time period studied (photos, letters, speeches).
Secondary Source: Analysis or interpretation of primary sources, created after the fact (textbooks, documentaries).
Deepfake: AI-generated video or image manipulating someone's likeness to depict events that never happened.